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>>>>> "Mike" == Mike Adams <fsmca1@uaf.edu> writes:

    Mike> Why does it have to be direct translation? Why not convert
    Mike> the meaning from one lingo, such as English, then into a
    Mike> Symbol for the idea/concept, and then back into the other
    Mike> lingo, such as Spanish?

I suggest that you try this first:

	English --> symbols --> English


See if  you get  the same things  back.  Very often,  translations are
lossy.  You lose information and  you introduce noise.  So, if you ask
translator X  to translate a text  from language A to  language B, and
then ask  translator Y (X not equal  to Y) to translate  the text back
from language  B to A,  you'll get a  different version of  the "same"
text in  language A.  Most ideas  are preserved, but  the subtlets are
changed.



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